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  2. United Air Lines Flight 624 - Wikipedia

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    United Air Lines Flight 624 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from San Diego, California, to New York City, with stopovers in Los Angeles and Chicago.The four-engined, propeller-driven Douglas DC-6 crashed at 1:41 pm Eastern Daylight Time on June 17, 1948, outside Aristes, Pennsylvania, resulting in the deaths of all 4 crew members and 39 passengers on board.

  3. Fire extinguisher - Wikipedia

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    An empty fire extinguisher which was not replaced for years. Most countries in the world require regular fire extinguisher maintenance by a competent person to operate safely and effectively, as part of fire safety legislation. Lack of maintenance can lead to an extinguisher not discharging when required, or rupturing when pressurized.

  4. Firefighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first fire companies in Washington D.C. – the Union Fire Company, the Columbia Fire Company and the Anacostia Fire Company – were organized in 1804 to serve the White House, the Capitol and the neighborhood of Anacostia, respectively. By the 1840s and 1850s the differences between companies within the same city had become quite significant.

  5. ABC dry chemical - Wikipedia

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    Dry chemical powder is used on all classes of fires. Dry chemical powder puts out the fire by coating the burning material with a thin layer of dust, thereby separating the fuel from the oxygen in the air. The powder also works to interrupt the chemical reaction of fire, so these extinguishers are extremely effective at putting out the fire.

  6. 'A long time coming' Columbia breaks ground on Fire Station ...

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    The city celebrated the groundbreaking of a project to renovate, upgrade and expand Columbia Fire Station No. 1, which first opened in 1979.

  7. After apartment fires, many in Columbia are left homeless ...

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    The late-January fire that tore through the Columbia Rising Apartments engulfed a portion of the roof and left at least 16 units damaged. Thirty people who started the day with a home ended it ...